SCARS

“He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.” (Psalm 147:3 NLT Version) Last Wednesday night, after studying Psalm 149 in Bible Study and focusing on giving God glory and giving God the praise, I entered the bathroom and looked in the mirror, searching my face like a top-notched crime scene investigator, looking for a scar that had been present since I tried to shave at the age of...

TIME TO REMIND YOU OF THE UNFOLDING

“But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good…” (Genesis 50:20 King James Version) I don’t know what’s going on in your life; don’t know if you feel like it’s the best of times or the worst of times; don’t know if you feel triumphant or troubled; don’t know if you consider yourself up or down. But listen! What I do know is that God is not through with...

GIVING BIRTH TO YOUR DELIVERANCE

“The Lord hears His people when they call to Him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles” (Psalm 34 17 NLT) Today’s meditation, like yesterday’s, is based on inspiration from the same one-person performance that I attended at a local church last Friday night. The pre-birthday, worshipping celebration where there was a gathering of family and friends of a true servant of God,...

DO IT WHILE YOU CAN OR DO IT FOR WHEN YOU CAN’T!

“There is precious treasure and oil in the home of the wise, but a foolish person swallows it up.” (Proverbs 21:20 NASB) There is a twofold purpose behind this Sunday meditation. First, when it comes to spending your money, you can buy all the things that make you look as though you fall in the group referred to as the rich and famous while struggling to pay rent, stressing about having to...

DON’T LET ANYONE KILL THE DREAM!

“Now Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him even more. He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I have dreamed; we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf got up and stood upright and remained standing; and behold, your sheaves stood all around my sheaf and bowed down .”His brothers said to him, “Are you actually...

IT’S THE CONDITION OF THE INSIDE THAT COUNTS

“It is not what you get out of life that counts. It is what you give and what is given from the heart.” (Sargent Shirver Quoter) Everyday this certain man would see a fellow walking up and down the same street during the hot summer months daily. It is estimated that this fellow trekked two miles a day; trampling one mile south of his starting point and one mile back. The certain man not only...

MEET THE AUTHOR

“I have been young and now I am old. And in all my years I have never seen the Lord forsake a man who loves Him; nor have I seen the children of the godly go hungry.” (Psalm 37:25 The Living Bible) You may have been following Mark Writes for 8 ½ years, or you may have just started reading these daily meditations. If you didn’t know, on Mondays, I try to write a brief message that I call...

I WANT WHAT HE HAS #5

“Then Samson called to the Lord and said, “O Lord God, please remember me and please strengthen me only this once, O God, that I may be avenged on the Philistines for my two eyes.” And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and he leaned his weight against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other. And Samson said, “Let me die with the...

GIVING ATTENTION TO JACK!

“The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.” (Psalm 116:5 NIV) Have you ever heard the phrase, “I don’t give a “Jack?”  Or perhaps you have heard or even spoken these words, “I ain’t got “Jack!” Well, I have heard the word “Jack” used both ways. So, being curious and needing to know what “Jack” actually means, explore if it is just an...

LOOKING FOR THE LOST

“Or imagine a woman who has ten coins and loses one. Won’t she light a lamp and scour the house, looking in every nook and cranny until she finds it? And when she finds it you can be sure she’ll call her friends and neighbors: ‘Celebrate with me! I found my lost coin!’ Count on it—that’s the kind of party God’s angels throw every time one lost soul turns to God.” (Luke...